The sowing of soybeans has been released in Mato Grosso since September 16, with the end of sanitary emptiness. Farmers, according to Aprosoja-MT, await the regularization of rains to throw the seeds on the land.
For the agrometorologist Luiz Carlos Molion, a doctor from the Federal University of Alagoas, it is prudent for the farmer to wait another few days to start planting. “We came from a period of 180 days with a rainfall deficit that, depending on the location, is between 25% and 35% below normal. So, it is necessary that the soil ‘recharge’ the humidity to there, yes, to do the sowing, says.
According to the expert, from October to December rainfall will occur above the average of 10% to 20% and, from January to March, there should be a 20% to 40% reduction in rainfall. “But considering all the cultivation should be an average of 800mm to 1000mm accumulated from October to March. That’s more than enough to ensure crop yields in this period, “says Molion.
Luiz Renato Lazinski, a meteorologist at the National Institute of Meteorology (INMET), also agrees that there will be no climatic problems for the start of planting of the 2018/19 soybean crop. “We now live in a period called climate neutrality, when we are without El Niño and without El Niña. The trend is that throughout the spring this situation continues, “he reports.
Lazinski also explains that El Niño should return from December, but with a weak to moderate activity. Thus, the rains should decrease in the northern region of Mato Grosso. “In short, we started very well, but from the half to the end of the harvest, the northern part of the state may have more irregular rains, poorly distributed, and the summer can mess up a bit,” he says.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.